RAMBLE in the JUNGLE
Bororo vs Ambazonia bruhaha in Wum?
By Wanaku Verdzekov · · The Cameroons
Tags: farmer-grazer, wum, governance
Note: before Franco-Cameroun started meddling in the affairs of former British Southern Cameroons, the only issue between the so-called Bororo herders and the indigenous communities of Ambazonia was loosely called the "farmer-grazer" problem. From a technical (agri-tech) standpoint, that can easily be resolved today with solar-powered electric fences.
The friction between the Bororos and the so-called "Amba Boys" today is a consequence of DYSFUNCTION, which is now endemic in the government of Franco-Cameroun. Blaming the youth of Ambazonia for anything within a territory that has nursed dysfunction from the get-go is tantamount to BLAMING THE VICTIM.
The Franco-Cameroun government's DYSFUNCTION over the past half century has led to the current crisis:
- what the Franco-Camerounese gendarmes and the uniformed brigade of rapid killing (BIR) have done to Ambazonian citizens;
- plus deliberate MISINFORMATION by puppet members of its government;
- plus the cult-like hold on a few gullible citizens of the fascist CPDM party (renamed from Alhaji Ahmadou Ahidjo's CNU party) since 1960.
Anyone blaming any citizen of Ambazonia, West Africa, should first ask themselves (or explain to themselves) how a former colony that belongs in WEST AFRICA should, in 2022, be taking orders and government from a supposedly "independent" state located in Central Africa that still answers to a colonial power: France.
PS: Franco-Cameroun has no independent central bank; it relies on the Banque de France for its currency and other money matters.
The citizens of Ambazonia have a right to be angry at anyone promoting NEO-COLONIZATION BY PROXY.
Franco-Cameroun has NO RIGHT to ANYTHING in AMBAZONIA.
Ija'iku fɨlasi!
— Wanaku Verdzekov
Reading & grammar
Reading level: Gr 10–12
Understand
- What was the "farmer-grazer" problem, and what solution does the author suggest?
- Whom does the author blame for the current friction?
- Why does the author mention West Africa and Central Africa?
Grammar focus: bruhaha. Brouhaha (standard spelling) means a noisy fuss. The author spells it bruhaha. Check spellings of borrowed words in a dictionary.
Try it: Look up brouhaha and two other borrowed words (e.g. rendezvous). Write each in a sentence.
Discuss: How can farmers and herders share land fairly? Propose a solution and defend it.